Major Collision on M25 Anticlockwise Causes Road Closure and Heavy Traffic
Traffic Disruption at J3 M20 J1 (Swanley Interchange) Following Collision The M25 anticlockwise has been closed due to a significant traffic accident near J3 M20 J1, commonly known as the Swanley Interchange. The incident, which occurred earlier today, has caused considerable congestion, extending to J4 (Orpington). Details of the Incident Diversion in Place Emergency Services […]
A man has been sentenced to 26 weeks for possessing a knife at Birmingham New Street station
Jermaine Mubaraka, 20, of Ashcroft Court, Barnet, London, pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon in a public place at Northampton Crown Court on 17 November 2023. He will carry out his sentence at a young offenders facility. He was also ordered to pay a £187 victim surcharge.On Friday 5 May this year, at around […]
CCTV image released after man attempts to stab passenger on DLR train
Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after a passenger was threatened with a knife on a DLR train between Blackwall station and Westferry station. The incident happened at around 21.20 on Wednesday 6 December. The man approached the victim, who was sat on the train, and shouted […]
Met Office Issues Severe Weather Warnings Across the UK
The Met Office has issued a series of yellow weather warnings as Britain braces for a weekend of severe weather conditions, including heavy rain, potential flooding, and winds reaching up to 70mph. Regions Under Alert The warnings cover southern Scotland, Northern Ireland, parts of Wales, the Midlands, and northern England. Met Eireann has also issued […]
Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses after a man was stabbed on Friday evening in Croydon
Police were called by London Ambulance Service (LAS) to reports of a stabbing in North End, Croydon, at 6.45pm on Friday, 8 December.Officers attended along with ambulance colleagues. A 27-year-old man was found with stab wounds. He was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to hospital. His condition is not life-threatening.Detectives from […]
An unlicensed driver who admitted causing the death of a man in a collision near Canterbury has been jailed for over 11 years
Kent Police was called at 12.55pm on Saturday 26 August 2023, to a two-vehicle collision on the A2050 near Harbledown. Driving a blue Mazda he had taken without permission, Claudiu Patrascu turned right at the junction into Faulkner’s Lane, and collided into a motor-tricycle travelling towards the A2 from Canterbury. The rider, Glyn Clarke, who […]
Woman who caused permanent damage to woman’s vocal chord following attack jailed for 23 years
A woman who left another woman with permanent damage to her vocal chord after stabbing her to the neck with a broken glass bottle has been jailed for 23 years. Shelley Hill, 45, was found guilty of attempted murder in October this year at a trial held at Leicester Crown Court. The trial followed the […]
Several members of the public identified Suta at the scene and notified officers that he was in possession of a knife so they arrested him
Florin Suta, aged 41, of Green Street, High Wycombe, pleaded guilty to one count each of Section 18 wounding with intent, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, and failing to comply with notification requirements at a hearing at Aylesbury Crown Court on 7 September. Returning to the same court on Friday (1/12), […]
St Helens man jailed and issued Criminal Behaviour Order for supplying Class A drugs
A man has been jailed for more than four years in prison following an investigation into the supply of Class A drugs in St Helens. Vincent Hagan, 35, of Friar Street, St Helens appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday 5 December where he was sentenced to four years and four months in prison for […]
A man who called police and claimed he’d left a bomb in the disabled toilets of a Huntingdon pub, has been jailed for a year
Simon Latore, 42, called 999 on 29 July this year and told operators he had planted a bomb in the disabled toilets of a Huntingdon pub and it was due to detonate in seven minutes. Officers raced to the scene and carried out a thorough search of the pub and surrounding area but couldn’t find […]